RISE UP Video Collection

Managing stress in school environments can be challenging. This collection of mini-training videos provides educators and school staff activities they can use and share with their students to relieve stress, get energized, and stay engaged.

Square Breathing (~3 minutes)

Learn this deep breathing exercise to increase your focus and relieve stress.

Square Breathing Instructions

Hand Brain Model (~3 minutes)

Learn how the Hand Brain Model can help your students understand what is going on inside their brains during life’s challenges.

3 Senses (~3 minutes)

Learn how to use your senses to help you refocus, feel calmer, and get more grounded.

Pat the Body (~3 minutes)

Use this exercise to help keep your students focused, playful, and engaged.

Breath of Joy (~2 minutes)

Learn this breathing exercise to get your energy flowing and uplift your mood.

Resources

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RISE UP – Information Sheet

This info sheet provides a brief overview about RISE UP, including a program description, program activities, and booking information.

E-Learning

RISE UP – Video Collection

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RISE UP – Regulation Checklist

In stressful situations, it can be hard to remember our preferred strategies for helping students regulate their emotions. This checklist can help you remember which strategies work best for you so you’ll be ready next time you need them.

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RISE UP – Feelings ID Card

Identifying our feelings can help us notice whether we’re acting from our learning or survival brain. This list provides some examples of emotions associated with our different mental states.

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RISE UP – Self-Care Ideas

Self-care is an easy concept to understand, but can be difficult to put into practice. Here’s a simple list of ideas to help you create moments of self-care throughout your day.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Impact on brain, body and behavior (IHDCYH Talks)

This short animated video talks about how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) impact lifelong development.

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How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime (Nadine Burke Harris)

Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect, and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.

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